Students win £3,000 for blind charity (From News Shopper)
STUDENTS have won £3,000 for a charity for the blind after experiencing what it feels like to have impaired sight.
Pupils from The Priory School in Tintagel Road, Orpington, were challenged to find a charity to support as part of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, an education programme run by the Institute of Philanthropy.
Winners Dan Hose, Alex Coombs, Yusuf Ullah and Andrew Barnard, chose the Kent Association for the Blind and visited its sight centre in Blyth Road, Bromley to be put under sight loss simulation conditions.
Based on their experience the 15-year-olds presented a case before a panel of judges at the school to justify why the charity should get the £3,000 award.
For more information about the charity visit kab.org.uk
